a disposable mask or a respirator, like a N95 or KN95. Ultimately, “the best mask is the one you’re going to wear,” says Dr. Sharon Nachman, chief of the division of pediatric infectious ...
Just when you thought you could put those face masks away, the recent wildfires in California have ignited new concerns about air quality and respiratory health. One way to protect yourself ...
The Federal Trade Commission said yesterday it is sending over $1 million in refunds to 6,764 consumers who purchased Razer Zephyr masks that were deceptively marketed as providing N95 protection ...
"These businesses falsely claimed, in the midst of a global pandemic, that their face mask was the equivalent of an N95 certified respirator," Samuel Levine, director of the FTC's Bureau of ...
Because of supply chain shortages, researchers have had to figure out if and how N95 masks can be sanitized for reuse. Researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign found that 50 ...
Ideally, everyone (not just medical workers) should be using a KN95 or N95 mask for optimal protection when COVID cases are high or when there's a contagious variant like Omicron, according to the ...
Share on Pinterest N95 face masks offer the best protection from lung damage from wildfire smoke but KN95 masks are also effective. JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images As wildfires decimate ...
The lack of N95 masks has forced health care workers in Japan to repeatedly reuse disposable ones and the health ministry has no choice but to allow them to do so as an exceptional measure.
"These businesses falsely claimed, in the midst of a global pandemic, that their face mask was the equivalent of an N95 certified respirator," Samuel Levine, director of the FTC's Bureau of ...